A Wisconsin family has reached out to the U. S. State Department to get answers about the death of their daughter Abbey Conner. The family had checked into The Iberostar Paraiso in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The family was supposed to have met for dinner, but concerns began to grow when Abbey and her brother Austin did not arrive to meet their mother and step-father. A healthy Abbey was found unconscious in waist-deep water with a broken collar bone. Austin was found unconscious in the pool with a golf-ball size injury to his head. One of Austin's last memories was that he and his sister were at the bar having drinks. The family had major concerns of foul play after learning that both children were taken to a Mexican hospital some 14 miles away. The family of Abbey would later make the decision to donate her organs.
Many media outlets have reported that an alarming percentage of alcohol in Mexico is "bad" and has been mixed with grain alcohol or methanol, which is a cheaper alternative to producing ethanol. In 2015, a report from Mexico’s Tax Administration Service found that 43 percent of the alcohol consumed in the nation is illegal and produced under unregulated circumstances resulting in potentially dangerous concoctions. In 2017, the country's Federal Commission for Protection Against Health Risk reported that the national health authority in Mexico has seized more than 1.4 million gallons of adulterated (poor-quality) alcohol. Since 2010, this alcohol was not only from small local establishments, but from hotels and other entertainment areas.
While many tourists are often aware of the dangers of drinking water in Mexico, there is a new danger that tourists need to look out for and avoid. U.S. travelers should avoid drinking any alcoholic beverages while traveling to Mexico or any foreign destination
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